Nancy Fouad Carey is IN. This former president of the National Alumni Society first cut her teeth as an engineering student at UAB. After studying law and practicing as a partner with Burr & Forman, LLP, Nancy now serves as associate general counsel for Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC. From Here On IN, Nancy’s helping the NAS build bridges with an alumni network of 150,000. Nancy makes UAB proud every day—just like all of our alumni.
Brad Turner is IN! In 2004 he graduated with a B.A. from the School of Business double majoring in industrial distribution and marketing. Brad is now an industrial sales manager at Gulf Coast Air & Hydraulics, Inc.
Christopher Mahan is IN! He concentrated in creative writing and earned both his B.A. and M.A. in English from UAB in 2004 and 2008, respectively.
Holly Dutton Kendrick is IN! She earned her MACN from the UAB School of Education in 2004 and is currently a nurse practitioner.
Nicole McKinney-Graham is IN! She earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood/elementary education and is now enlightening the minds of Alabama’s youth as a first-grade teacher at Cornerstone Schools of Alabama.
Angela Bennett is IN! She got her B.S. from UAB’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2004, and her MAEd in Secondary Science Education in 2006 from the UAB School of Education.
Craig Hawkins is IN! Craig earned a B.S. in Psychology in 1991, a B.A. in English in 1993, and an M.A. in English in 2004.
The PUTMANS are ALL IN – with 8 different degrees, certificates and important positions at and from UAB among all four of them! The Putmans are Ever Faithful and Ever Loyal to the Green and Gold from 1972 – 2020 and beyond.
Dennis Putman was Co-Head of the UAB Campus Ministry Program at UAB from 1969 t0 1972. He was Ombudsman for University College, representing Vice-President George W. Campbell at University College (1972 – 1979). He earned his M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from UAB in 1975. He was Founder and President of Human Resources Developers, Inc. from 1980 to 1984 and is a retired State of Alabama Disability Determination examiner.
His wife Jane Mobley Putman earned her B.S. in Elementary Education in 1977, a master’s in Special Education in 1979. She is now a retired teacher with the Birmingham City School System.
Their son Michael Putman earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2004 at UAB and completed medical school at the UAB School of Medicine in 2010. He is now a family physician at Seale Harris Clinic in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
Michael’s wife Olivia Dansby Putman earned a B.S. in Biology in 2007 at UAB (while serving on numerous advocacy committees, UAB Ambassador, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, and Miss UAB Homecoming Finalist). She recently earned her Executive Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Degree at UAB in 2020 and currently works at the UAB Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacist in Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology, Oncology and Trauma Burn.
